The Human Cost of Gold | National Geographic Magazine: Illegal Gold Miners Crawl Like Ants on Riverbank | Ghana, Africa

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Illegal Gold Miners Crawl Like Ants on Riverbank | Ghana, Africa

AngloGold is the world’s most valuable mining company, but they will not let these artisanal miners into their tailings piles.  They brought in the military to run them off and when the military leaves the artisanal miners will return.